Certificate of deposit.



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Patenteif Jan. 19

F.l 1.. KENT.. l CERTIFICATE '0F DEPOSIT. APPLICATION- FILEDIR. 30,

wir" una so V .constitute a certificate of- "deposit for the.

and retained by .the bank. According'to' the uni-'ran srl-iras rarENroEEicE.

FRANK J. KENT, :or WAsHiNGToNQ DISTRICT or connunianssienon Ton. A'. 'EANNING A on CLEVELAND, oHIo.

y specification of Lettere raten@ Patented le, 190e.

Application me@ Marsh so, '1903 seriai N0.f424,1'3's.

ment in Certiticates'of-Deposit, of'which the ,following is a specification. f

1`he invention relates to bank money orders of the general type shown -in Patent N0.-

i 763,728 granted June 28,' '1904, *to lA. WV.' Moore for, certificate of deposit, and one'of' the objects ot' the invention is* to 'more' completely secure the depositor, depositary, andl 'l intermediate holders.

p Afurt-her object, attained in the. further n ance of the object juststated, isthe provi-v sion of ,means-- wherebythe sale of `,such

certificates. of deposit by correspondence. may be facilitated.

These two objects are' concurrently at; tained,- and the nature of the entire improvement may bebriefiyrstated as follows.'v

Iprovide, 'detachably connected to a certiicate ot deposit or the-like form of negotiable paper, a foihwhich bears on its face indicia to the eiect that it is" atender to the bank namedlin the cert-i-lc'ate,`of a sum of. money specified in both `v:toil and certificate,

anda request that' said attached certificate may be filled out by the 'bank so 'that it will amount stated,payable on'deniand to the order of the person Who'sig'nsjthe foil, provided said person, hereinafterpterm'ed de- .pos1tor, shall sign his name upon the certificate to Correspond with the' Signature on the foil. In the practical use of this device, the foil and' conueetedcertiicate a ro presented to the' bank' WithV the necessary sun'i of4 money,l the depositorsigning his na'me infan appropriately designated space on the ioil. The bank indicates upon both foil and certiicate the date upon' which the money is received by it, and lls' out the'certiicate.

The foil is now detached from the certificate terms ol' the certificatel itis not negotiable until counter-signed by the depositor 1to con' Y respond with his signature on the foil; con;

.sequently there is the maximum of jprotec- 'iongto 'the vdepositor and the depositary. The security .to intermediateA parties. arises troni the fact that the depositors signature does not appear at all upon tlie'"certicate oimtil such time as he is ready to make more palpable and easilyftraced. f

Further objects and advantages of my-devce will appear'in the course of the following specification, reference being had to the f clrawing, which is a face view of a two-part instrument embodying' the invention. v

' .negotiableso that thereisnothingto guide a WouldJbe'orgerTanda forgery will be 'the It is to bennderstood that .While I have I 4 shown the invention embodied in connection with :ij-particular form' f negotiable instru- -ment, its scope is not to be limited 'corresp'ondingly', but I contemplate any use or ap' 'plicationof'the invention not inconsistent 'with the meaning of the. appended claim.

Referring to thev numerals on the draw-l ings, lindicates 1a foilfto which -isdetachv ably.connected a 'form of negotiable -ins'tru- "ment 2.- The foil 1 bears. on its face indicia A to the eect'- that it constitutes a tender to a specified depositary of'a' specified sum and a request that'said depositary issue to the pre- Senter -a certificate -according to the terms and conditionsl contained in the attached form 2. The said :oil is adaptedlto be 80 signed by the presenter or depositor, and

bears on its face means for datingit, pref- .ei-ably a dating table 4'. The said foil and its attached instrument bear corresponding, serial numbers or the 'like identifying marks l5,-and are adapted t be correspondingly marked for yidentification in other Ways hereinafter appearing totheend that the part l may become properly a foil or identifying part for the member 2.

- bThe form 2 in thecmbodiment illustrated bears upon its face indicia to the effectthat a named de ositary (being the one referred to in thefoil') has' received from adepositor (beingthe one 'named in the foil) a sum denite of money (being-'the sinn named in the foil) and'that said sum. will beppaid to `the order of a person named on the return ofv 'the instrument'- f2 properly indorsed and "thus described, there is an appropriately designated space 1.0 for the' signatureof the clepositor-named in the body of the instrument,

. and appropriately ldesignated places for the certificationv of: thel instrument by-the i depostary n and' its propergciical orfo'iclalsl fularlyadapted for use inconnection' withv4 l' banking by correspondence. f Infsuch .use the The said certificate bears aA dating table simi- Y v'upon the foil and certificate respectively that when the foil and certificate are folded one uponthe other along the line-of perforation 6 which lconstitutes the .connectionbetween them, they will coincide' so that punch marks indicating 'a particular'date may `bemade in both. tables simultaneously.. Both the foil and certificatev may in like 'manner-bepro- I vided with similar interest tables'7,;adapted f.

`certilicate-isfreturned, 'so that a permanent record is 4made of all moneys recelved and to coincide. and be corres ondingly punched when theparts are folde as described.

The. device above describedis' adaptedit'o' be used either in the ordinary 4waylike .the Moore certificatereferred to, but particcerticates'and .attached foil being lin-'the possession .of anind-i'vidual,` he ha'sonly' to signrhis name to the foil and sendlthe. foil,l

certificate, and Arfequiredamount of money,

- to the bank. Upon recei tbythe bank', the. 25

' cate, punches the da te .of the 'receipt ofthe 'money' (wlich is also the l date fofissuev of the certilicate'and thedat from which inter-. j

cashier or other officer' olds'fthe' .certificate est-'thereon be y signing h1s .name as treasthe certificate v urer orcashier, or Whatever-oiii'ciallhemay;

be, 'and impresses .an ocial seal of the bank through-V the "papertof certificate vand foil 'and so thatsid.. Seal `Will out through. 'hi-30W Signatureonthejcertiicate;

' The signature space. on the fon aan? the V' signature'space'of the' cashier on the certi' the two i1parts are folded'oneupon the othercatev have 'such aujarraugement that 'when- "be located inappropriately c orf they. w

- respondingn areas; of Lthe. .respectivez papers,

pressed' over the cashierissignatue -will-be'- m Juxta'positio'n to .thef-'signaturepf .the de-v positor on-.the lfoil.' fa-In the tpresent instance, the spaces uponfthe foilan certificate portion are7'ind1cated-Eby"-circular markspwhich taposition tothe signatures .ofthe depositor -inclos'e spacesfof suitable shape and size to' receive the seal.- -Thesemarks arefso `locatedthat when v'the papergis folded :upon the weakened line they will register :with each.' other, and when the seal is' impressed' within one ofsaid marksit'will be impressedin'juxand the cashier, as above described. Thus an'element of protection is aforded, because when the certificate' is returnedto 'the bank it may be-laid upon its foil land the correspondence ofthe seal positions ascertained.`-

rlhe foil is retained .in the bank 'andthe properly. filled out certicate isreturned to' the de ositor to be used-byhim'athis leasure. hould he desire to 'save it andr AIt will'be apparentthat by the use of device 'I have'c'ontrived to give'to each party,

-tenderandconstitutes ita certificate-each ofsa'id parts terest' accrue lhe does so,". but may at any time use thejcertiicate as an ordinary, check or the like by signing his name in the space provided," Whenl his vname -has beenuso si ed. the amount namedon-Ithe instrument 70 will be paid to the'speciedpa'yee, providedA that the signature -of the de'positor on the. certificate correspondswith that on the-foil, 'and theiother corresponding identification marksfare found to 'existfin the f il'and cer- .75 tilicate byl the bank. The interest tablesmay be punched bythe bank at .the time the paid en 'ac'count .ofthe instrument.

this

that is, to the depositor'and the depositary,

@Hill-struinen@ ill 'Wtn the depositar re- -1 .ceiving theevidenceofmdebtedness in the 8'5-1" form ofja certificate, "and the depositary' re; v ceiving t h e'"foil,-which is at the same afprtayentiveA against 4alteration.of the cer- Another.- practical .advantage is in "the --fact that when a debtor tendershis 'money he ishasisuredfoffjust .the formof instruf 'ment-whi chf.wil1 come .back toA him for his ..moneyiw' but these are thought to be obvious and "such as will readily occur .toone skilled the art,.and further mention thereof or' of the practical use of. the device is'omitted.

-.-" What I claim`is:.-'

,In-a device of 'the class 'described,".a paper' separated by'a weakened line intotwo 'simi-' 'y larly'shaped. parts, each of said parts bearsimil'ar.' h'eadings and' similar numbers,

one of said: art'shaving matten recitinga 10.5

lle other bearing matter which' 4bearing"indicia- .of the same) sum of mone said "tender fpart hav-ing-fanappropriat y` deSiguatedSpace forthe signature of a Vde- -1'1 O positor and Asaid'.4 certificate vpart having 1893688 '--ppropriately designated' :for the. *S11i countersignature -Qf fhe. depositor and'thesignature of thej party issuing the certificate,

respectively, saidjcerusci-and Said tender -1 l Parts each. having at'hsfi-rst named and last namedjof said signature spaces, respectively a mark inclosing a space of suitable andI size to receive a seal, and -so located 1;..

that when the paper is 'folded' on-said' line said marks will register; whereby whengthe seal is impressed within one -of said marks 1t will b e impressedgat the first named andlast namedof. said signature spaces..

` A, ELBoRnnE'R, o

Hormis.

"'Other.advantag inight'be pointed ouh-95A I In testimony whereof `I atlx my signature '4125' 

